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    FIFA 15 (PS4): steelerfan's Chelsea Football Club Manager Career

    Okay, I think I have a good enough slider base now to go ahead and get this started.

    First, I'm going to go over all of my settings for the mode.

    Career Settings
    Match Difficulty: World Class
    Half Length: 15 Minutes
    Financial Strictness: Strict (60%)
    Currency: Sterling
    Stadium: Stamford Bridge
    Squads Used: Download Latest
    European Competition 1st Season?: Yes (see Groups below)
    Disable First Summer Transfer Window: On

    UEFA Champions League (Champions Cup in FIFA 15)

    Group A
    Juventus
    Olympiakos
    Atletico Madrid
    Lille*

    Group B
    Liverpool
    Real Madrid
    FC Basel
    Feyenoord*

    Group C
    Monaco
    Zenit St. Petersburg
    Bayer Leverkusen 04
    Benfica

    Group D
    Borussia Dortmund
    Galatasaray
    Anderlecht
    Arsenal

    Group E
    Roma
    Bayern Munich
    Manchester City
    CSKA Moscow

    Group F
    FC Barcelona
    Ajax
    PSG
    Standard*

    Group G
    Chelsea
    Schalke 04
    Besiktas*
    Sporting CP

    Group H
    FC Porto
    Atletico Bilbao
    Shakhtar Donetsk
    Napoli*

    *Replacement club, unable to get real participant in

    Manager Preferences
    Name: Jose Mourinho
    Nationality: Portugal
    Outfit Style: Suit
    Suit Colour: Navy
    Skin Tones: Medium
    Body Type: Slim

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    Match
    Half Length: 15 Minutes
    Difficulty Level: World Class
    Ball: Default
    Game Speed: Slow

    Camera
    Single Player Camera: Co-op
    Camera Settings: Custom
    Camera Height: 10
    Camera Zoom: 20

    Visual
    HUD: Player Name Bar
    Player Indicator: Player Name
    Time/Score Display: On
    Radar: 2D

    Audio
    Commentary Language: English
    Sideline Commentator: On
    Career Mode Radio Announcer: On
    Commentary: 10
    Public Announcer: 10
    Player Calls: 10
    Sound Effects: 10
    Crowd: 8
    Music: 10

    Gameplay Customisation
    Slider: User/CPU
    Sprint Speed: 42/42
    Acceleration: 50/50
    Shot Error: 63/68
    Pass Error: 30/75
    Shot Speed: 50/50
    Pass Speed: 55/48
    Injury Frequency: 58/65
    Injury Severity: 35/35
    Goalkeeper Ability: 61/54
    Marking: 50/45
    Run Frequency: 40/35
    Line Height: 49/49
    Line Length: 48/48
    Line Width: 50/50
    Fullback Positioning: 50/50
    Power Bar: 75/-
    First Touch Control Error: 52/52

    Gameplay Assistance Settings
    (Found from FIFA 15 Main Menu: Customise>Settings>Gameplay Assistance Settings)
    Auto Switching: Air Balls
    Auto Switching Move Assistance: High
    Passing Power Assistance: On
    Pass Assistance: Assisted
    Through Ball Assistance: Manual
    Shot Assistance: Manual
    Cross Assistance: Semi
    Lob Pass Assistance: Manual
    Save Assistance: Manual
    Analog Sprint: On
    Defending: Tactical Defending
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    The Chelsea Board of Directors have given the following objectives:

    Domestic Cup: Win the Cup
    League: Win the League
    Champions League: Reach the Quarter Finals

    Scouts
    Matt Dempsey (England)
    Pasi Salonen (Finland)
    Kevin Kelly (Ireland)
    Ryan Lund (England)
    Lee Edwards (England)
    Bento Cardenas (Portugal)

    Youth Staff
    Owen Kelly (Ireland) assigned to England for 3 months
    Kalle Koskinen (Finland) assigned to Germany for 6 months
    Anton Bakaric (Croatia) assigned to Spain for 9 months

    Preseason Friendlys
    July 27 Evian TG
    July 31 Bordeaux (away)
    August 4 Lyon

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    2014-15 Chelsea Football Squad

    Starting XI
    GK Thibaut Courtois 86
    RB Branislav Ivanovic 81
    CB Gary Cahill 81
    CB John Terry 83
    LB Cesar Azpilicueta 79
    CDM Cesc Fabregas 84
    CDM Nemanja Matic 82
    RM Andre Schurrle 81
    LM Eden Hazard 88
    CAM Oscar 84
    ST Diego Costa 85

    Substitutes
    ST Didier Drogba 81
    ST Loic Remy 81
    RM Willian 82
    CDM Ramires 81
    LB Filipe Luis 82
    CB Kurt Zouma 74
    GK Petr Cech 85

    Reserves
    ST Isaiah Brown 60
    CDM John Obi Mikel 78
    RM Mohamed Salah 76
    CAM Lewis Baker 59
    CM Ruben Loftus-Cheek 56
    CB Nathan Ake 67
    RB Todd Kane 64
    CB Andreas Christensen 58
    GK Mark Schwarzer 76

    On Loan
    ST Fernando Torres 81 (AC Milan)
    CAM Marko Marin 77 (Fiorentina)
    CM Marco van Ginkel 76 (AC Milan)
    LW Lucas Piazon 76 (Eint. Frankfurt)
    CAM Thorgan Hazard (Bor. M'gladbach)
    LW Christian Atsu 76 (Everton)
    RM Victor Moses 75 (Stoke City)
    LM Gael Kakuta 73 (Rayo Vallecano)
    CDM Oriol Romeu 72 (VfB Stuttgart)
    RW Bertrand Traore 72 (Vitesse)
    CM Mario Pasalic 70 (Elche CF)
    LB Ryan Bertrand 74 (Southampton)
    CB Tomas Kalas 74 (1. FC Koln)

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    The following players are playing on the last year of their current contracts:

    CB Gary Cahill
    Age 28
    Salary: 100K per week

    CB John Terry
    Age 33
    Salary: 90K per week

    LM Gael Kakuta
    Age 23
    Salary: 45K per week

    CAM Oscar
    Age 22
    Salary: 130K per week

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    In the interest of not caring to play my Friendlys, I decided to sim them. For the first 2 I will use a squad of reserves and bench players, in the last one I will let my Starting XI have a go.

    Chelsea 1:2 Evian
    CFC goal: Salah 40'

    Bordeaux 1:0 Chelsea
    Loic Remy missed a penalty in the 32nd minute

    Chelsea 4:1 Lyon
    CFC goals: Ivanovich 14', Hazard 36', Costa 53', Oscar 78'
    Eden Hazard missed a penalty in the 54th minute
    Gary Cahill was sent off in the 49th minute with his second bookable offense.

    With the preseason complete, it's time to move on to the regular campaign. Here is the fixture schedule for the remainder of August 2014:

    16th Burnley (Away) EPL
    23rd Leicester City (Home) EPL
    27th Swansea City (Home) EPL
    31st Everton (Away) EPL

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    For the first 20 minutes of Saturday's Premier League opening clash between European giants Chelsea and newly-promoted Burnley, it was the small club who looked the better side. However, fouls, bookings, a penalty and horrid finishing eventually brought Burnley back to earth as Chelsea prevailed, 3-0 at Turf Moor.

    Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a blistering penalty conversion into the top left corner of the net. Willian, who came on after Oscar departed with an injury, netted a rebound in the 31st minute to put the Blues in command. Burnley center back Jason Shackell was sent off in the 41st minute after his second bookable offense produced a red card, allowing the West Londoners to ease through the rest of the match.

    In the second half Kieran Trippier was shown a straight red card after pulling Willian down by the shirt at the edge of the penalty area in the 65th minute. It didn't take long for Diego Costa to open his Chelsea account with a smashing drive from 14 yards in the 70th minute.

    In his post match press conference Manager Jose Mourinho said that Oscar had suffered a bruised shoulder and that he expects the Brazilian to be fit for Chelsea's next outing. Chelsea will host Leicester City, another club freshly promoted from the Football League Championship, next Saturday at Stamford Bridge.

    Burnley/Chelsea

    Shots 15/15
    On Target 1/9
    Possession 50/50
    Tackles 16/12
    Fouls 6/1
    Yellow 3/0
    Red 2/0
    Offsides 0/5
    Corners 2/2
    Shot % 6/60
    Pass % 77/78

    Goals: Hazard (PEN) 23', Willian 31', Costa 70'
    Assists: Azpilicueta, Fabregas

    Around the Grounds
    Arsenal 4:1 Crystal Palace
    Burnley 0:3 Chelsea
    Leicester City 2:1 Everton
    Liverpool 3:1 Southampton
    Manchester United 3:0 Swansea City
    Newcastle United 0:0 Manchester City
    Queens Park Rangers 1:1 Hull City
    Stoke City 2:1 Aston Villa
    West Bromwich Albion 4:0 Sunderland
    West Ham United 1:0 Tottenham Hotspur
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    Barclays Premier League Team of the Week

    Adrian (West Ham)
    Paul Konchesky (Leicester)
    Jonas Olsson (West Brom)
    James Tomkins (West Ham)
    Carl Jenkinson (West Ham)
    Silvestre Varela (West Brom)
    Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal)
    Stephane Sessegnon (West Brom)
    Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
    David Nugent (Leicester)
    Mame Diouf (Stoke)
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    Sloppy conditions led to sloppy play at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as Chelsea had to rely on a late penalty to avoid a loss to the visitors from Leicester.

    After falling behind in the 16th minute, the Blues equalized in first half stoppage time on a header from Diego Costa. Costa put the ball in from an Andre Schurrle cross from the right wing and Chelsea were level at 1-1 at the break.

    Captain John Terry was called for a penalty on a poor challenge that led to a spot kick for the Foxes at a 2-1 Leicester lead after 72 minutes. However, 10 minutes later it was Eden Hazard scoring from the spot after Diego Costa was tripped just inside the area leading to a penalty kick. With the score level at 2, Costa belted a 17 yard drive off of the crossbar in stoppage time and Leicester held on for the draw.

    Chelsea (1-1-0) will host Swansea City (1-0-1) on Wednesday at 3:00 PM. Swans are coming off of a 2-0 win over Burnley, a week after losing 3-0 at the Theater of Dreams.

    Chelsea/Leicester

    Shots 8/11
    On Target 3/4
    Possession 47/53
    Tackles 23/18
    Fouls 3/1
    Yellow 1/1
    Red 0/0
    Offsides 0/0
    Corners 3/2
    Shot % 37/36
    Pass % 83/89

    CFC goals: Costa 45', Hazard 82' (PEN)
    CFC Assists: Schurrle
    CFC Bookings: Fabregas (Y) 29"

    Around the Grounds
    8/20
    Spurs 1:1 Liverpool
    8/23
    Aston Villa 1:2 Newcastle
    Chelsea 2:2 Leicester
    Crystal Palace 1:2 West Ham
    Hull City 1:0 Stoke City
    Manchester City 3:1 Liverpool
    Southampton 2:3 West Brom
    Sunderland 0:2 Manchester United
    Swansea City 2:0 Burnley
    8/24
    Everton 1:1 Arsenal
    Spurs 3:0 QPR

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    Barclays Premier League Team of the Week

    Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)
    Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
    Younes Kaboul (Spurs)
    Vlad Chiriches (Spurs)
    Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
    Stephane Sessegnon (West Brom)
    Juan Mata (Manchester United)
    Erik Lamela (Spurs)
    Enner Valencia (West Ham)
    Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

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    Barclays Premier League
    League Table

    1. West Brom 2-0-0 +5 6pts
    2. Manchester United 2-0-0 +5 6
    3. West Ham 2-0-0 +2 6
    4. Arsenal 1-1-0 +3 4

    5. Chelsea 1-1-0 +3 4

    6. Spurs 1-1-1 +2 4
    7. Manchester City 1-1-0 +2 4
    8. Leicester City 1-1-0 +1 4
    9. Hull City 1-1-0 +1 4
    10. Newcastle 1-1-0 +1 4
    11. Liverpool 1-1-1 0 4
    12. Stoke City 1-0-1 0 3
    13. Swansea City 1-0-1 -1 3
    14. Everton 0-1-1 -1 1
    15. QPR 0-1-1 -3 1
    16. Aston Villa 0-0-2 -2 0
    17. Southampton 0-0-2 -3 0

    18. Crystal Palace 0-0-2 -4 0
    19. Burnley 0-0-2 -5 0
    20. Sunderland 0-0-2 -6 0

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    The rain in West London continued on Wednesday night as Chelsea played host to Swansea City at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea earned their second win, and first on their home ground, with a 2-1 result.

    Diego Costa scored the first Blues goal by heading in a Cesar Azpilicueta early cross in the 8th minute and he assisted on the game winner by setting up Willian in the 71st minute. Willian, who came on for Oscar at the beginning of the second half, blasted the ball past the keeper from 14 yards.

    Chelsea (2-1-0) will visit the blue half of Merseyside on Sunday as they travel to Goodison Park to face Everton (0-1-1).

    Unfortunately, I forgot to grab a screen of the stats before I exited. I do remember that Swans had 52% possession and that shots were even at 13. Also, the only booking was a Yellow handed out to Swans.

    CFC goals: Costa 8', Willian 71'
    CFC Assists: Azpilicueta, Costa

    Around the Grounds
    8/27
    Chelsea 2:1 Swansea City
    Liverpool 2:1 Aston Villa
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    Around the Grounds
    8/30
    Aston Villa 0:1 Hull City
    Burnley 1:2 Manchester United
    Leicester City 2:1 Arsenal
    Manchester City 2:1 Stoke City
    Newcastle United 2:1 Crystal Palace
    QPR 1:0 Sunderland
    Swansea City 0:0 West Brom
    West Ham 2:2 Southampton
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    Chelsea were hard done on Sunday at Goodison Park when an 87th minute equalizer by Everton's Leon Osman resulted in a 1-1 draw.

    The Toffees had controlled most of the action but could not find their finishing touch until late on. Chelsea's Summer signing-sensational Diego Costa scored his 4th goal of the season in the 17th minute after redirecting a screaming Oscar ground cross from 4 yards to give the Blues the lead they would eventually surrender.

    Costa suffered a sprained ankle late in the first half and was replaced by Loic Remy for the second stanza. Early reports have Costa missing about 3 weeks which will mean that he will not join Spain foe the upcoming international break and his status is uncertain when Chelsea return to action on Tuesday, September 16 in a Champions League group stage match against Besiktas.

    Everton / Chelsea
    Shots 19/8
    On Target 8/5
    Possession 53/47
    Tackles 16/11
    Fouls 1/2
    Yellow 1/0
    Red 0/0
    Offsides 2/1
    Corners 3/3
    Shot % 42/62
    Pass % 82/68

    CFC Goal: Costa 17'
    CFC Assist: Oscar

    Around the Grounds
    8/31
    Everton 1:1 Chelsea

    CFC September Fixtures
    9/16 Besiktas UCL
    9/20 Manchester City (away) EPL
    9/24 Everton COC
    9/27 Aston Villa EPL
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    Barclays Premier League
    League Table (Through August 2014)

    1. Manchester United 3-0-0 +6 9pts
    2. Chelsea 2-2-0 +4 8pts
    3. West Brom 2-1-0 +5 7
    4. Manchester City 2-1-0 +3 7

    5. Leicester City 2-1-0 +2 7

    6. West Ham 2-1-0 +2 7
    7. Newcastle 2-1-0 +2 7
    8. Hull City 2-1-0 +2 7
    9. Liverpool 2-1-1 +1 7
    10. Arsenal 1-1-1 +2 4
    11. Spurs 1-1-1 +2 4
    12. Swansea City 1-1-2 -2 4
    13. QPR 1-1-1 -2 4
    14. Stoke City 1-0-2 -1 3
    15. Everton 0-2-1 -1 3
    16. Southampton 0-1-2 -3 1
    17. Aston Villa 0-0-4 -4 0

    18. Crystal Palace 0-0-3 -5 0
    19. Burnley 0-0-3 -5 0
    20. Sunderland 0-0-3 -7 0

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    Barclays Premier League
    Team of the Week

    Brad Friedel (Spurs)
    Joey O'Brien (West Ham)
    Younes Kaboul (Spurs)
    Sylvain Distin (Everton)
    Kyle Walker (Spurs)
    Santi Carzola (Arsenal)
    Etienne Capoue (Spurs)
    Benjamin Stambouli (Spurs)
    Stewart Downing (West Ham)
    Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)
    Roberto Soldado (Spurs)



    Notes: After facing former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o in thier last match (Romelu Lukaku did not feature for Everton), the Blues will face another former forward when Demba Ba returns to Stamford Bridge as part of the Besiktas JK side. In this Champions League group stage match Ba will hope to repeat the heroics he enjoyed in the European competition last year. Ba's late goal lifted Chelsea past PSG in the quarter finals of last season's Champions League.




    Chelsea announced that they have added 16-year-old Nicky Hugill (56-72 OVR, 83-94 POT) to their Youth Academy.

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    Eden Hazard tucked home a deflected cross from 7 yards in the 13th minute and then teamed with Loic Remy in the dying embers of stoppage time to lift Chelsea to a 2-0 win over Besiktas JK in their Champions League opener on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge.

    Hazard and Remy caught Besiktas, who had sold out in an effort to pull level late, and countered. Flying into the box from the left, Hazard fed a pass across the area to Remy who one-touched a bullet in from 8 yards to seal the points for the Blues.

    Chelsea (2-2-0) will return to Premier League action on Saturday when they visit Etihad Stadium and the defending champions Manchester City (2-1-1).

    Chelsea / Besiktas JK
    Shots 10/15
    On Target 4/3
    Possession 51/49
    Tackles 14/28
    Fouls 1/2
    Yellow 0/0
    Red 0/0
    Offsides 2/1
    Corners 6/2
    Shot % 40/20
    Pass % 77/77

    CFC Goals: Hazard 13', Remy 90+5'
    CFC Assists: Fabregas, Hazard

    Around the Grounds
    COC
    9/2
    Bury 1:2 Crystal Palace
    Cambridge United 1:3 Liverpool
    Fleetwood Town 0:3 Stoke City
    Hull City 2:1 Spurs
    Manchester City 3:0 MK Dons
    Newcastle 3:1 Charlton Athletic
    Peterborough 2:1 Aston Villa
    QPR 2:1 Crawley Town
    Rotherham United 3:2 West Brom
    West Ham 2:1 Ipswich Town
    9/3
    Southampton 0:2 Sheffield United

    EPL
    9/13
    Arsenal 2:1 Manchester City
    9/14
    Sunderland 1:2 Spurs
    West Brom 1:1 Everton
    9/15
    Hull City 1:1 West Ham
    9/16
    Crystal Palace 0:1 Burnley
    Manchester United 1:0 QPR
    Southampton 0:3 Newcastle
    Stoke City 2:2 Leicester City

    UCL
    9/16
    Chelsea 2:0 Besiktas JK
    CSKA Moscow 1:1 FC Bayern Munich
    FC Barcelona 2:1 PSG
    FC Porto 2:2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk
    Napoli 2:1 Athletic Bilbao
    Roma 1:2 Manchester City
    Sporting CP 1:1 FC Schalke 04
    Standard Liege 1:2 Ajax
    9/17
    Arsenal 2:2 Galatasaray SK
    AS Monaco 1:2 Bayer Leverkusen 04
    Borussia Dortmund 3:0 RSC Anderlecht
    Feyenoord 0:1 Real Madrid
    Juventus 2:1 Atletico Madrid
    Liverpool 1:1 FC Basel
    LOSC LIlle 1:0 Olympiakos CFP
    SL Benfica 1:0 Zenit

    UEL
    9/18
    FC Luzern 2:3 Everton
    Sevilla FC 2:0 Hull City
    Spurs 1:0 Zulte-Waregem

    IF
    9/6
    USA 0:1 Ivory Coast
    9/10
    USA 2:0 Austrailia

    UEFA Champions League Group G Table
    1. Chelsea 1-0-0 +2 3pts
    2. FC Schalke 04 0-1-0 0 1
    3. Sporting CP 0-1-0 0 1
    4. Besiktas JK 0-0-1 -2 0
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    Chelsea conceded twice inside of the quarter hour mark and never recovered, suffering a humiliating 4-0 loss at Etihad Stadium to Manchester City on Saturday. The Citizens completely controlled every facet of the match from the outset and showed the Blues that they still have some title winning capabilities.

    Branislav Ivanovich suffered a sprained ankle late in the first half and is likely to miss 2-3 weeks.

    On Wednesday Chelsea will host Everton, an unlucky draw for each side, in the Capital One Cup.

    Manchester City / Chelsea
    Shots: 17/6
    On Target: 8/2
    Possession: 54/46
    Fouls: 3/1
    Yellow: 2/0
    Red: 0/0
    Offsides: 1/4
    Corners: 4/0
    Shot %: 47/33
    Pass %: 69/75

    Around the Grounds
    9/20 EPL
    Aston Villa 1:0 Arsenal
    Burnley 0:2 Sunderland
    Leicester City 1:1 Manchester United
    Manchester City 4:0 Chelsea
    QPR 1:1 Stoke City
    Swansea City 1:2 Southampton
    West Ham 0:2 Liverpool
    9/22 EPL
    Spurs 2:0 West Brom

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    Jose Mourinho made a clear statement, with his lineup on Wednesday night, as to where Chelsea's priorities lie this season. With several, eight to be exact, of his usual XI either on the bench or not dressed, Mourinho made it known that Chelsea was aiming for Premier League and Champions League glory - not for League Cup fame. Despite a furious comeback after Everton were short a man on a Leon Osman straight red card, Chelsea lost 4-3 in extra time at Stamford Bridge.

    Chelsea trailed 3-0 before late goals by Didier Drogba, Andre Schurrle and Cesc Fabregas knotted the score and forced the extra football.

    Following consecutive losses across all competitions, Chelsea (2-2-1) will face Aston Villa (1-0-4) at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as they resume play in the Premier League.

    Chelsea / Everton
    Shots 14/19
    On Target 6/8
    Possession 49/51
    Tackles 20/29
    Fouls 2/1
    Yellow 0/0
    Red 0/1
    Offsides 1/2
    Corners 3/3
    Shot % 42/42
    Pass % 76/89

    CFC Goals: Drogba 75', Schurrle 86', Fabregas 90'
    CFC Assists: Oscar, Drogba, Luis

    Around the Grounds
    9/23 COC
    Bolton 3:2 Swansea City
    Bournemouth 1:2 Sunderland
    Cheltenham 1:2 Sheffield United
    Fulham 2:2 (4-3p) Arsenal
    Hull City 3:0 Leeds United
    Manchester United 2:1 Crystal Palace
    Norwich City 3:3 (3-4p) Liverpool
    QPR 2:1 Peterborough
    Rochdale 1:0 Manchester City
    West Ham 0:1 Northampton
    9/24 COC
    Cardiff City 1:1 (5-4p) Derby County
    Chelsea 3-4 Everton
    Leicester City 2:2 (4-3p) Brighton & Hove
    Middlesbrough 2:1 Barnsley
    Newcastle 3:0 Burnley
    Stoke City 3:0 Rotherham United

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    Diego Costa equalized in the 69th minute with a venomous laser into the top right corner and Chelsea spent the final 20 minutes putting high stress on the Villa goal. However, Willian missed the gaping net from short range minutes after Costa's leveling tally and he rang a volley off the post in stoppage time as Aston Villa held on for a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. The result was the Blues third straight without a win since dispatching Besitkas JK in their Champions League opener.

    Chelsea, the Group G leaders after match day 1, will travel to Lisbon on Wednesday to face Sporting CP in Europe's top club competition.

    Chelsea / Aston Villa
    Shots 11/12
    On Target 3/6
    Possession 53/47
    Tackles 10/18
    Fouls 2/0
    Yellow 1/0
    Red 0/0
    Offsides 3/1
    Corners 5/4
    Shot % 27/50
    Pass % 79/75

    CFC Goal: Costa 69'
    CFC Assist: Schurrle
    CFC Booking: Oscar (Y) 31'

    Around the Grounds
    9/27 EPL
    Arsenal 0:2 Spurs
    Chelsea 1:1 Aston Villa
    Crystal Palace 0:1 Leicester City
    Hull City 0:3 Manchester City
    Liverpool 1:2 Everton
    Manchester United 3:1 West Ham
    Southampton 0:1 QPR
    Stoke City 0:1 Newcastle
    Sunderland 2:2 Swansea City
    West Brom 4:1 Burnley
    9/30 EPL
    Newcastle 1:1 Hull City

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